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1976-10-15

Friday, October 15th, 1976

         There's no enjoyment of this life in them.
         Its a straight and narrow purgatory
         waiting here for the next life.
         Life is a trial, all provided with love,
         by the Lord to test one's faith.

         Its love, love your brothers and sisters
         without passion, comfort and befriend them,
         with eyes full of blind love,
         be meek and modest and remember
         that if what you're doing feels good
         it must be a sin.

         Come together in church halls
         and speak the language of the reborn
         and raise your hands and voices up
         asking for a sign but never allowing a doubt.

         Be patient and accepting,
         though its beyond all knowing,
         for surely a Lord,
         who would have you give up everything
         in this life,
         must have some reward for you
         in the next, right?

                                    gallagher
                                    Oct 15, 76

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1976-10-21

Thursday, October 21st, 1976

            I just don't know anymore the things I used to,
            before I climbed life's questions
            and found the mountains beyond that ever rise,
            that rise until you can hear eternity
            in the wind there.
  
            I no longer climb,
            there's no need to waste the time.
            The mountains march away from me
            and I can only just begin to see
            that God's hand that shaped this rugged land.

            Somehow the wind empties me
            of the wondering drive that always drove me on
            and now I just wait and listen.

                                    gallagher
                                    21 Oct 76

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1976-10-26

Tuesday, October 26th, 1976

      Once upon a time she would've stayed no matter what
      but now I'm the one who's afraid of being alone.

      Most of the men she'd meet are looking for their mothers
      and the rest, their lovers
      and she knows it...
      she could make it in that world.

      But I'm not so sure about me
      I'm looking for love without bonds or chains
      and deep down
      I know my chances are not good.

      This growing up seems to get narrower by the day
      and its getting truer all the time
      that you've got to grow apace with your Karma
      or lose the freedom of your spirit.

                              gallagher
                              26 Oct 76

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —